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Most Americans Aren’t Confident about Retirement

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Women, near-retirees and younger retirees reported the largest drops in confidence, highlighting a growing need for highly personalized planning and education.

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Gen X Clients Need Help Saving for Retirement. What’s The Cure?

How to help the ‘Whatever’ generation boost savings and live comfortably in their golden years.

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Waiting Until 70 to Claim Social Security? It’s Just Not a Financial Reality for Most

One bit of advice from a longtime observer in the retirement business: Don’t shame people into claiming as late as possible.

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How to Keep Clients from Supporting Their Children Indefinitely

Some adult children are making a run on the “Bank of Mom and Dad”, and it’s beginning to throw a wrench in clients’ financial plans.

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Americans Are Abandoning Dreams of Home Ownership, Retirement

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Eight in 10 of the 5,000 people U.S. Bank surveyed said they feel anxious about stock market fluctuations.

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Social Security Insolvency Looming Closer Than Expected

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The Social Security trust funds will only be able to pay out 77% of benefits by 2034, a new report from the administration found.

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Private Assets Get the In With Long-Sought-After 401(k)s

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Empower is adding private market allocations with collective investment trusts used in managed accounts.

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